Trauma-Informed Practice in Higher Education

R. Jason Lynch is Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University, USA.Emily Berger is Senior Lecturer in the School of Educational Psychology and Counselling at Monash University, Australia.Anita Padmanabhanunni is Professor and Counselling Psychologist in the Head of Department of Psychology at University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

• CONTENTS List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors PREFACE: MOVING TOWARD A TRAUMA-INFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION Jason Lynch Part I UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND THE COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT Chapter 1 WHAT IS TRAUMA? Silje M. Ormhaug, Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Harald Bækkelund, and Tine K. Jensen Chapter 2 UNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN–BODY IMPACT OF TRAUMA ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Molly A. Mistretta and Alison L. DuBois Chapter 3 THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BELONGING-TRAUMA PARADOX WITHIN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Kelly-Ann Allen, Shantel D. Crosby, Amada Lee Pitzer, Joseph Crawford,, and Christopher D. Slaten Chapter 4 HEALING IN CONTEXT: SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRAUMA IN HIGHER EDUCATIONDania Fakhro, Breahannah Hilaire, and Michelle Sullivan Part II TRAUMA-INFORMED STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Chapter 5 FOUNDATIONS OF TRAUMA-INFORMED STUDENT AFFAIRS Anita PadmanabhanunniChapter 6COMPASSIONATE APPROACHES TO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Laetitia Permall, Charlene Petersen, Penelope Tyawa, Marcia Minnaar, and Rone GerberChapter 7BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH PEER SUPPORT AND TRAINING: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES Khelsey Fraser, Tracey-Ann Adonis, and Serena IsaacsChapter 8STUDENTS FROM FORCED MIGRATION BACKGROUNDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: BARRIERS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED SOLUTIONS Victoria E. WilsonPart IIITRAUMA-INFORMED HIGHER EDUCATION COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATIONChapter 9LEARNING THROUGH THE LENS OF TRAUMA 147Krista Wojdak and Chateè Omisade RichardsonChapter 10NAVIGATING INVISIBLE WOUNDS: A FRAMEWORK FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED PEDAGOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION Krista Wojdak, Jason Lynch, and Kay Cee SprintzChapter 11BALANCING RIGOR AND RELATIONSHIPS: INCORPORATING EMPATHY AND SAFETY INTO CLASSROOM STRUCTURES Emily Berger, Govind Krishnamoorthy, Tessa McCredie, Helen Nolan, India Bryce, Carlomagno Panlilio, and Quinta MaxwellChapter 12FACULTY TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES Emily Berger, Helen Nolan, Govind Krishnamoorthy, Metzli Augustina Lombera, and Carlomagno PanlilioChapter 13TEACHING ABOUT TRAUMA: THEORIES, MODELS, AND PRACTICE Jennifer Schlinger and Deborah Worley Part IVTRAUMA-INFORMED ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIPChapter 14CONFRONTING AND HEALING ORGANIZATIONAL TRAUMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION Jason LynchChapter 15TRAUMA-INFORMED SUPERVISION Clara Buie, Monica Carson, Igdalia Covarrubias, Tierra Heath, Angie Kim, and Chelsea PrattChapter 16PREVENTING AND MITIGATING BURNOUT, SECONDARY TRAUMA, AND COMPASSION FATIGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION Jason LynchChapter 17A GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE FOR BUILDING TRAUMA-INFORMED UNIVERSITY RESOURCES AND EMPOWERING CHANGE Kelley Blanck, Natalie Moser, Cheryl Williams-Hecksel, Alytia Levendosky, and Jason MoserChapter 18ASSESSING TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE IN HIGHER EDUCATION Duane D. BooysenGlossary Index